Abandon Ship Drill

An abandon ship drill aboard the 1877 barque ELISSA. Voices in the background are Michele Berlin and Richard Brown.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• sailing
• seamanship
• survival
• swim
• lifeboat
• liferaft
• jump
• splash
• pfd

[pwrpeople]

@allaKIMbo - Splashing around is a seperate training that was done. If there is no raft, you get into the group huddle. Kicking your feet like that is taught at some training centers and is useful to signal passing aircraft, ships or sharks to come and check you out.

If there is a raft, you would of course go directly into it were there are some proper pyrotechnics and other signaling devices.

Just thought that would be useful information.

[wagggggggggggy]

elissa goes out once a year i hardly call that "rarely"

[allaKIMbo]

in a storm, the raft doesn't stay tied to the ship very long!! but yeah, in perfect weather this drill would work out great. unfortunately abandon ship drills rarely occur in perfect weather. either way, it's still good that they are practicing something. elissa rarely goes out and any little bit of safety practice helps.

[armageddontoxic]

no it wldnt, the raft is often tied to the ship, and only cut when it leaves, also the lifejackets are now equipped with hoods, so are protected from high waves.

[allaKIMbo]

Their splashing around (and using up calories) wouldn't be visible in a storm with 6 foot seas... which is often the circumstances surrounding a real Abandon Ship. Plus, if they'd waited that long to get into the raft, the raft would have been LONG GONE - floated away.